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Overview

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner that supports customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems by fabricating custom designed enclosures and skids, performing mechanical and electrical integration in-house, and delivering a true turn-key product.

Responsibilities

  • Work detail drawings fit-up piece parts in fixturing fit, tack and weld piece parts according to detail drawings.
  • Tack welds all parts together in equipment, ensuring all dimensions are correct to specified drawings.
  • Weld complete assembly according to specified welding standards.
  • Correct fabrication mistakes.
  • Incorporate approved design changes where necessary.
  • Fabricate shop fixtures as required by assembly personnel per engineering sketch.
  • Meet production schedule, quality and planned labor hours with limited supervision.
  • Utilization of hand and power shop tools.
  • Understand and apply minimally these forms of welding, carbon steel, stainless steel, low alloy.
  • Read blueprints and drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures.
  • Determine the appropriate welding equipment or method based on requirements.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications.
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded.
  • Align components using calipers, rulers etc. and clamp pieces.
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions.
  • Repair machinery and other components by welding pieces and filling gaps.
  • Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws.
  • Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as welder.
  • Experience using a variety of welding equipment and procedures (TIG, MMA etc.).
  • Experience in using electrical or manual tools (saws, squares, calipers etc.).
  • Ability to read and interpret technical documents and drawings.
  • Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective clothing.
  • Deftness and attention to detail.
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How this job compares in Goodyear, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$36/hr across 123 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Goodyear, AZ

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Goodyear, AZ right now, from 8 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 324 other active welding openings from 191 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Goodyear, or widen the search to Arizona.

GTI Fabrication currently has 3 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (14), EZARC (11), and Sundt Construction (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Mesa at $33/hr, and Phoenix at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.